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Shakespeare Medley – 23rd July

all the worlds a stageTo mark the 400 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, a selection from his works will be performed by adults and children from Horley.

Tickets priced at £5 (adults) and £3 (children) available now from Dave and Jenny Reynolds.

All proceeds will go towards the church fund.

Only one performance starting at 6.00pm on Saturday  July 23rd in St Etheldreda’s Church

Family Fundraising Cricket Day – This Sunday 10th

Family Fundraising Cricket Day

We are very excited to announce the details for our upcoming Family Fundraising Cricket Day this Sunday. The day will run as follows  (all timings are approximate):

10am  –  Juniors cricket match
Midday  –  BBQ Farm shop burgers and sausages
1-2pm  –  Promises Auction
2pm  –  Adults cricket match

All comers are welcome on the day, including non-club members.  Please contact fundraising@horleycc.co.uk to let us know if you or your children would like to play.

If you are unable to be there on Sunday, but don’t want to miss out on bidding for some of our fabulous promises (see below), you can email fundraising@horleycc.co.uk with a ‘commission bid’. For this you need to  tell us the MAXIIMUM you would bid for that Lot. As with ebay, you won’t necessarily pay that total amount if you win. Bids will go up in increments so you could win with less than your maximum bid. However, if bidding goes above your maximum bid you will not win.

If you are coming for the juniors match, please stay on to support the adults, many of whom are parents who will be needing all the support they can get! Bring a picnic and make a day of it. The bar will be open all day.

So… here are the Lots for the Auction of Promises! Thank you SO much from all at the club to everyone who has kindly donated and committed to giving up their time. We were overwhelmed by the response. Some items offered were goods rather than services and we have decided to hold these back for another auction later in the year.
Lot 1      1 hours professional relaxation massage

Lot 2      2 cars cleaned

Lot 3      16 hours (2 days of building labour)

Lot 4      A professional photographic portrait session

Lot 5      1 hours dog walking

Lot 6      A professional interior design consultation

Lot 7      3 sets of shoes polished

Lot 8      ‘Fair Dinkum True Blue Aussie Experience’ (lesson/viewing of Aussie rules football, non-Fosters beer & BBQ) for 4

Lot 9       1 hour swimming lesson with Level 2 instructor

Lot 10     Professionally record a song with backing vocals and upload to Sound Cloud (suitable for under 18’s)

Lot 11     A cricket tea

Lot 12     Personal yoga lesson

Lot 13     3pm to 6pm in the pub on a Sunday for two, all drinks paid

Lot 14     2 nights at Dorset holiday cottage in Wareham (sleeps up to 6)

Lot 15     Lift to and from the airport

Lot 16     Cooking lesson and meal by professional Head Chef (6 people)

Lot 17     1 hour 1:1 batting coaching with Level 2 Coach

Lot 18     1 hour 1:1 bowling coaching with Level 2 Coach
See you on Sunday!

The Fundraising Team

more information found on www.horleycc.co.uk

Here We Go Again – Hands Off Our Horton

Dear Horley Views.

As Chairman of KTHG and a resident of Horley. I was wondering if you would be willing to post our latest update, containing details of the Hospital Trusts, early options document, which has just been made public.
The proposed change options are staggering, if implemented, will severely affect, the availability of services at our Horton Hospital. In particular, the loss of A and E, and children’s ward and services. A trek to the Oxford JR, with our sick young ones is unthinkable.
Keith Strangwood. Chairman KTHG 2 Lane Close . Horley. 07740599736
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THIS COULD BE OUR BIGGEST FIGHT EVER
Breaking news – A&E, medicine, orthopaedics, CCU also at risk!
At today’s public session of the CPN, the OUHFT presented their “emerging options” for the Horton General Hospital. The OUHFT said all options will need to be assessed for activity, workforce, finance and estates and there will be a full consultation in October 2016.
Option 1 is what we currently have at the Horton General Hospital. It was initially presented to the CPN, and to the midwives on 3 June, as the “status quo” but more recently (perhaps as a result of unwanted publicity?) it has been honoured as an Option.
Option 1, the status quo, is what the experts in the form of the IRP decreed we must have, at the end of the last campaign in 2007/8.
Andrew Stevens, OUHFT Director of Planning & Information, said “Option 1 is the status quo but if we thought that was adequate ….. we would not be doing this exercise”.
So let’s look at Options 2 and 3, which the OUHFT believe to be the only real options.
Under Option 2, Banbury’s Horton General Hospital would:
  • Lose A&E – downgraded to GP urgent care and Minor Injuries Unit
  • Lose Acute Stroke and Rehab – downgraded to Rehab and Early Supported Discharge
  • Surgery (elective day cases) – would be limited to 8am to 3pm
  • Lose Surgery – elective inpatients
  • Lose elective orthopaedic inpatients
  • Medicine – elective day cases – would be limited to 8am – 3pm
  • Lose Medicine – elective inpatients
  • Medicine – non-elective inpatients – inpatient ward would be downgraded to frail assessment unit
  • Lose Critical adult care (Critical Care Unit)
  • Lose consultant-led Maternity – downgraded to Midwife Led Unit (ie no consultants or anaesthetists allocated to maternity)
  • Lose Special Care Baby Unit
  • Paediatric inpatients downgraded to paediatric observation and assessment unit (8-10)  (We think this means open 8am to 10pm, ie no overnight patients)
Under Option 3, Banbury’s Horton General Hospital would see:
  • A&E retained as “integrated urgent care centre with ED function + out of hours + minor injury unit + walk in centre”
  • Lose Acute Stroke and Rehab – downgraded to Rehab and Early Supported Discharge
  • Adult Critical Care – retained but in the form of a High Dependency Unit on-site + “e-ICU”
  • Lose consultant-led Maternity – downgraded to Midwife Led Unit (ie no consultants or anaesthetists allocated to maternity)
  • Lose Special Care Baby Unit
  • Paediatric inpatients downgraded to “paediatric observation and assessment unit, assessment and clinical decision unit (24/7)”
Keep the Horton General campaigners, midwives, SCBU staff and members of the public mounted a spirited and angry attack on the safety aspects of the options presented, the failure to communicate properly with staff, and the OUHFT’s failure to ensure that the so-called midwife staff representatives were indeed representative of the staff, their opinions and commitment to the Horton General Hospital.
We were delighted to hear from Andrew McHugh (practice manager) that, although he had supported previous OUHFT proposals, he was very concerned about the Midwife Led Unit (MLU) proposal. He had undertaken a survey of GPs in the area and they were “overwhelmingly against the MLU on the grounds of safety”.
Andrew Stevens (OUHFT) stressed that they are still “evaluating and refining options” and that there will be a full public consultation beginning October 2016. He repeatedly attributed the options to various Clinical Groups, and said the OUHFT would consider other options if put forward by the CPN. As KTHG is aware of other smaller hospitals running Consultant Led Units with middle-grade staff (something the OUHFT Dean maintains is not possible, thereby creating the very problem that the OUHFT seek to “solve”), this offers some hope .
A special CPN maternity workshop will be set up, including actual working midwives, and attempts were made to secure similar promises for A&E, paediatrics and inpatient orthopaedics.
KTHG chairman Keith Strangwood proposed a motion to remove the worst option, Option 2, from consideration, it being totally contrary to the statement in the same paper that “almost all the patients currently being cared for at the Horton will continue to be cared for locally”. A vote was taken after KTHG forced the issue, but unfortunately the motion did not pass, with 3 votes for striking out the option, and 9 for keeping the worst option in the process. The documents presented in the meeting are publicly available athttp://www.cherwell.gov.uk/…/CPN_Agenda___Meeting_doc_14061…The slide attached to this post is on page 11.

Scout Camp Seeking Accommodation – August Bank Holiday

Can you provide B&B for Scouting Festival on August Bank Holiday?

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I am writing out of the blue to ask for your help to pass on a request to fellow villagers in Horley, or to put this information on the village notice board, or if the timing works, to advertise in the Horley Views Magazine.

I am part of a team of volunteers that organises an annual family/community festival at the Horley Scout Campsite over the August Bank Holiday weekend.  We have around 300 people camping on the site.  BUT there are always a very small number of people who do not camp.  This can be for all kinds of reasons.  Until now they have not been able to participate as the hotel in Wroxton is prohibitively expensive especially as most of the time is spent at the campsite. We have found a couple of people letting rooms in Hornton  but that is just a little further away ideally we would like to find some accommodation within walking distance of the campsite.

We wondered if there would be residents in Horley who would be willing to let out a room over this bank holiday.  It would be great if that could include access to basic breakfast facilities (tea/coffee, cereal and toast for example) no elaborate or cooked breakfast would be expected. In Hornton we are being charged between £40-50 per room per night. But, if there are Horley residents interested in this we can negotiate everything to reach a mutual agreement.

If anyone is interested in this, they should contact me, Steve Miller by email steve@svmassociates.co.uk or 07941 813 619.

Many thanks

Steve Miller

+44 (0)20 8883 7453

+44 (0)7941 813 619

142 Pembroke Road, London, N10 2JD. 

steve@svmassociates.co.uk

Horley’s Queen’s Birthday Tea Party – Saturday 11th June

It’s today at 3:00 when Horley celebrates the Queen’s birthday

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Regal JudyCome along to a tea party in her honour from 3.00 – 6.00 at the  Old School House and enjoy the celebrations.

Please contact Jenny on 738125 or Tracey on 730020 to let them know if you can attend and what your contribution to tea will be.

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Crick-Fit-Calling All Girls- Thursdays

crick-fitCRICK-FIT – calling all Horley and local girls and ladies! Crick-fit is back for the summer for the second year! Crick-fit is an informal sporty session every which takes place every Thursday evening at Horley Cricket Club. This is designed to be a fun evening of activities which are cricket based. Run by Claire Bottoms from Hornton. All girls and ladies from ages 5-75 welcome!! The first time it gets up and running is tonight! So come along at 6.30 and see what it’s like.

MHT May Day Breakfast – a BIG thank you!

May Day Breakfast – a BIG Banger thank you! 

A BIG thank you to everyone who rolled out of bed on a Sunday morning for the Michael Hardinge Trust’s fundraising fry-up!

Over 50 people arrived at the School House to enjoy a cooked breakfast with friends and neighbours! It was lovely to see some new faces together with regular supporters.

The event raised nearly £700 which will help the Trust support Horley’s children throughout their education and to also maintain the School House as a vital village amenity.

We are also very grateful for the generous donations we received and for the wonderful sponsorship and delicious sausages from “debbie&andrew’s” who support rural community initiatives. Do take a look at their website www.debbieandandrews.co.uk for details of their products and for where “debbie&andrew’s” sponsorship is also making a difference. See their post about the breakfast https://www.debbieandandrews.co.uk/community/571-may-day-breakfast-sizzles-up-700-for-horley-village

 

The Trustees could not hold such events without the help of their families who mucked in with everything from frying eggs, to putting up bunting, to washing-up and also making a last minute dash for more sausages!

With many people asking “when is the next one?!” the Trustees will be looking to their diaries …. and to their feathered egg-layers!…..to set a date!

The Michael Hardinge Trust Trustees

Local History Events – Tomorrow 14th & June 13th

From:  Jenny Handscombe (jehandscombe@btinternet.com)
Sent: 11 May 2016 08:00:38
To: horleyviews@outlook.com

Something of interest to your village, maybe?

Tooleys Canal Side“Walk and talk” along the Canal TOMMORROW – Saturday May 14th  Meet at Tooley’s Yard at 2pm where Brian Little will be leading the walk along Banbury canal.  Brian is a local historian with a wealth of knowledge to share so it should be a really interesting afternoon. Please let me know if you would like to come along.

Blenhiem C.BrownCapability Brown event at the Herb Centre Monday June 13th  7.30pm hosted by the Heritage Group .  This will be a debate ‘Hero or villain’  between Christine Hodgetts, garden historian, of the Warwickshire Gardens Trust and Stephen Wass Archaeologist.  It promises The-Herb-Centre-nav1
to be a cracking event and we are hoping for a really good turn-out. David Freke, archaeologist, will chair.  There will be a small charge of £2 to cover the cost of refreshments.  Please let me know if you would like to attend

Jenny Handscombe

01295 690286 jehandscombe@btinternet.com

Mozart Requiem -7th May

What a talent pool Horley has … our very own Marion is singing Mozart Requiem & Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle with Banbury Choral Society in St. Mary’s Church Bloxham on Saturday 7th at 7:30, see leaflet for full details.
BCS Mozart Poster A5

 

Regal Judy As Seen In Banbury Guardian

Judy in BGYes that’s Maureen who marked the Queen’s 90th birthday with this right royal outfit shown above in today’s Banbury Guardian.  We also featured it on Facebook on the day thanks to Jack (Lane Close) sharing his #selfieswithJudy Regal Judy